Phone Distraction Blocker

Users struggle with morning doomscrolling and excessive phone use. An app that blocks access to distracting apps until users complete a real-world action (touching grass, going outside) uses computer vision and screen time APIs to gamify healthy habits. Target users are productivity-focused individuals fighting phone addiction.

Screen time and digital wellness have been mainstream conversations since Apple and Google baked usage dashboards into their OSes, which means users are aware of the problem but clearly not solving it with native tools alone. The closest incumbent is Opal, which already does app blocking with friction-based unlocking and has meaningful traction among exactly this audience. The $500–2.5k/mo band is realistic but tight — consumer habit apps churn hard, and converting free users to paid requires the product to feel indispensable within the first week, which most don't. The biggest risk is platform constraints: Apple's Screen Time API is deliberately restrictive, and any computer vision gating that requires background camera access will hit App Store review walls fast, potentially killing the core differentiator before launch.